Reception

WELCOME TO RECEPTION CLASS

DURING THE SCHOOL CLOSURES PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR CHILD'S ONLINE TAPESTRY LEARNING JOURNAL DAILY.

EACH DAY WE WILL BE UPLOADING A VIDEO WHERE WE SET A CHALLENGE FOR THE CHILDREN TO COMPLETE.  

THERE IS ALSO LOTS OF USEFUL INFORMATION IN THE MEMO SECTION ON THERE, SUCH AS USEFUL WEBSITES AND HOW TO EXPLAIN COVID-19 TO YOUR CHILD.  

PLEASE EMAIL THE SCHOOL OFFICE IF YOU WANT ANY ADVICE OR SUPPORT AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN. 

STAY SAFE, WE MISS YOU LOTS! 

MISS HOPKINS & MISS HANSON 

In Reception our teacher is Miss Hopkins and our Learning Support Assistant is Miss Hanson. 

LIFE IN RECEPTION

At St. Patricks, we follow the scheme Read Write Inc to teach Phonics daily.  Have a look at the documents and video clips at the bottom of the page for more guidance.   Reception children will begin to learn to read and write a new sound each day.  Reading books are changed once a week to give children the opportunity to reread the book to become fluent readers and talk about what they've read.   We award stickers to each child if we see at least 3 comments from home in their diaries per week.  The stickers add up to a prize at the end of term.  

GOING FOR GOALS lead our weekly PE on a Tuesday afternoon   Children will need white t shirts, black shorts or jogging bottoms and black plimsolls.  In order to support your child's independence in school.  Please encourage them to dress and undress themselves at home.

We are a very healthy classroom.  The children will get a free piece of fruit daily so you do not need to provide any snacks.  Children under 5 will also get a carton of milk.  Once your child turns 5 years old, you can pay should you wish to continue receiving a milk.  We also encourage the children to drink water throughout the day.  Please send your child with a named water bottle each day.  'The Friends of St Patrick's' have generously given the children their first bottle for free but additional bottles or tops can be purchased through school.

Each half term we send home a project.  This is an opportunity to work together as a family  The 'home learning projects' are returned to school at the end of each term and work is displayed so that we can all see how wonderful our children are.  

We capture some of  the children's learning using our online learning journal.  https://tapestryjournal.com/ Please log on and add photos or videos of your children at home.  This helps to inform our assessments as children will get different opportunities. 

Should you have any queries.  Please feel free to come and speak to me at the end of the day.

Miss Hopkins

Virtues & Values

Our focus for this term is 

ELOQUENT & TRUTHFUL

Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

RE in the Early Years 

At St Patrick’s we teach RE using ‘Learning and Growing as the People of God’.  This document is the curriculum strategy for Religious Education in Catholic Primary Schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It lays out clearly the steps to be taken in RE at each stage of every term in the Nursery and Primary Years. It provides, therefore, the foundations for improved partnership between school, home and parish, a partnership that lies at the heart of Catholic Education.

This term we will be exploring the units on  'Easter' and 'Pentecost' 

Easter:  In this unit the children learn about the story of Easter and the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. They will be introduced to the “Alleluia” as a special Easter song and the symbol of the Easter Candle.

Pentecost:  In this unit the children will explore the story of Pentecost and the transformation in their lives after receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Our topic this term is...

WHY DO ZEBRAS HAVE STRIPES? 

Why do zebras have stripes?  Where do lions live?  Explore these questions and more in this project about Africa and the wild animals that live there.  

Each term we ask for a contribution to buy items to stimulate the childrens learning.  This may be a cooking or craft activity such as making biscuits or playdough.  Without your donations we would no longer be able to provide these opportunities.  

This terms donation is £7.  This is payable on  a weekly basis or as a termly payment.

Thank you